HT Aliaver/Player Character Name Type Status/Notes Sex -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- R1.John Haight...........Arawn.............Druid .Normal/Alfar Ma ??.Chris Wells...........Ben'dar...........Warrior.Normal/Human Ma R4.Tom Corckett..........Caladan...........Wizard Normal/Human Ma W2.Marcel Liberty........Chion.............Sailor..Normal/Human Ma W3.Ryan Torres...........Farseeker.........Warrior.Normal/Human Ma --.Tobie Bonahoom........Fremea............Sidh....Normal/Faerry Fe R2.Mark Murtha...........Kell..............Trader..Normal/Human..Ma R1.David Sanders.........Kiet.Sunan........Acrobat Normal/Human Ma R4.J H Hooten............Raban.Usherwood...Bard....Normal/Human..Ma W2.Robert Maxwell........Strie'bog.........Bard....Normal/Human..Ma W4.Wout Broere...........Unali.............Ninja...Normal/Human Fe R1 John.Stowman..........Will..............Hunter..Normal/Human..Ma R4.Alex Koponen..........Z'leyra...........Healer..Normal/Human Fe R1 NPC...................Zhou Kiwat........Noble...Normal/Human..Ma NPC...................Captain.Lin.......Warrior.Normal/Human..Ma Animals: Corona [Eagle] Z'leyra, Tef'wo (Horse) Ben'dar, Game Web Site - http:/nrgcomputers.net/pbem/ Public posts/actions to pnpgm@abroere.xs4all.nl (mailing list) Private emails (not public actions) to longshotgm@netzero.com Game Update #192 in sequence (file #1281) ---------------------------------------------------------------- Admin Notes: None. ----------------------------------------------------------------- [Recap] [None] -------------------------------------------------------------- [New Stuff] [Augado 10th, 1634TH] [Location: Middle Katai Plains] [ Mountains west of Pamau] [Time: 1:25:36 pm - Turn 3: Phase 3] Fremea fires at the last Vong in the pit but the arrow goes wild. The arrow impacts against some of the colored lichen and some of the strange Vong carrion eating bugs swarm it. Will throws another dagger at Vong #7 fighting Kell. the dagger becomes solid once it leaves his magic field. It hits the warrior in the back but does only 1 point of minor damage through his tough crab armor. After landing at the Vong perch on the west side he had just tackled one of the Warriors climbing down the ladder. But the warrior tries to get to his feet. But Raban is too fast. stomping closer he raises up tall and grabs both fists into one hand grip. Using his gauntlets as a force of leverage, Raban lowers the boom which in this case is a double sized clenched hands down onto the Vong warrior's skull. The warrior who was trying to stand is immediately shoved to the ground. The force of the blow is so severe it cracks skull and fractures his face pushing his brain to compress and neck to recoil inward. The Vong dies instantly from the blow before the body hits the ground and he wasn't even wounded previously. Unali steps in front of Z'leyra and moves past Kell. She rounds Warrior #7 and gets behind him. Then raising both daggers she stabs. The regular dagger fails to make contact just under his armpit. But the magical dagger does hit dead center left of his back. It does massive damage and kills the warrior. Farseeker charges the Vong that just climbed down from the east perch. Farseeker meets up with him against the wall and thrusts doing a massive blow of 29 points to the warrior's upper right chest but just below the heart so he amazingly remains standing. the armor only thing to have saved him. Chion leaps up and slices the last Vong flying creature down his belly and killing the beast with his sai. Ben'dar stands near the door nearby with Strie'bog and growls at more lost chances to kill. Inside prisoner area in the north, Arawn stands alone against four humans surrounded by imprisoned humans. Arawn keeps his distance while keeping an eye on the area he is in just in case of any further surprises. He keeps his hand clear of his weapon and fixes the man he had originally questioned (how to free those in the Embrace of Pain) with a calm gaze. "If I was a Peace Brigader why would I ask you how to free them?" Arawn said, pointing to the people trapped in the Embrace of Pain, a slight look of stern annoyance flashing for just a split-second at the thought that he would be confused for a Peace Brigader. "My name is Arawn-" Arawn also notices his battle Mind spell has ended and thinks normally even though he making sure his full influence is at work here. Kell notices his target killed by Unali and nods curtly. Turning to the pit he is lucky to have a long spear. He might just get just enough distance if he leans down. The spear stabs the Vong in the left arm doing 4 points of damage but the Vong tries to take it in stride and continues to scramble up the edge of the pit. Vong #13 reaches up with his right hand and a muscle flexes in his forearm and the amphistaff shifts to live snake form and lunges toward Kell's leg. It fails to make contact however. Vong #18 thrusts at Farseeker, and hits him but his chainmail gives him full protection. Z'leyra heads between Kell and Unali and swings down her tall war staff toward the last Vong in the pit. She does ht him in the side of the shoulder doing 6 points of damage but he still remains standing. Caladan tosses down his war staff and checks out Lin's wounds. Kiet heads to the last cell area in this inner cave. Taking slow steps he peers inside the smelly and dark alcove which is rather large. Looks to be about 75 feet by 35 feet in some places. Inside he can tell there are humans but the darkness makes it hard to get details. He doesn't open the barred railing to head inside at this point. One of the humans behind the first man Arawn met sneers and says, "its a trick!" But the other 3 humans listen to Arawn as he continues to speak. Zhou grabs a hold of the torch on the wall and shines it into the cell. He counts about 12 adult humans seem to be not in bad shape but hungry looking. They cower a bit as they see the newcomers. Zhou tries to study their faces and then looks at Kiet concerned that this group of people will be hard to move everyone out. -------------------- [Time: 1:25:39 pm - Turn 3: Phase 4] Fremea repositions herself to aim at Vong #13 who is in the pit. She fires her bow and hits him in the back doing the last of the needed points to kill him as he falls down to the pit sand. Inside the western perch the Vong archer raises his Vong buzz bug device and fires straight at Raban who is standing only feet away down the ladder. The razor and buzz bugs shot out instantly and zoom toward the giant. Of the 10 bugs 9 hit him in the chest and 2 the left arm. Those that do hit impact on his tough armor and try to explode on impact as their bodies decompress with force. There is no fire explosion but the buzz explode in one slimy mess. Of the ones that hit 3 penetrate doing 2, 1 and 2 points to the giant. From the eastern perch that archer fires on Farseeker with his own set of razor bugs. But the slew of bugs slam into the wall next to him and explode against it in one mess of bug guts and tissue. Raban growls and rushes the ladder. The leather Vong made ladder cringes at his weight and seems to want to give up his body. But the giant gets to the top and tries to yank the warrior out of the alcove and outside. But the grip is not as good and he fails to yank him outside. Unali finally takes the chance to look around. She notices to the south a possible dead Shaper. There is a warrior on the ground and she sees Raban reaching into a small alcove to something. To the east she notices Farseeker with one warrior. She then glances around and notices no other enemies other than those at the perches. She figures Raban and Farseeker can handle themselves. She does a head count and finds Kiet, Arawn and Zhou are missing. Farseeker thrusts his great sword and impales the warrior #18 again in the chest doing the last couple of points to kill the creature. Chion cleans his dagger and looks around at what has been going on around the pit. Arawn continues to speak, "-and I'm part of a rescue-team. The Vong outside are being dealt with. Now, if you want to get out of here I suggest calming down and working with us. Are you the leader here?" He asked the first man he had seen. Kell looks around as well and finds there must only be two Vong left which are near Raban and Farseeker. Z'leyra scans the area and notices that all of the party she sees are standing which is a good sign. But Captain Lin seems to be on the ground next to Caladan? Caladan checks the pulse of Lin and finds it weak but if he gets this right he should not be critical. He must have been knocked out from exhaustion or the shock. But he is no Healer after all. Kiet motions for Zhou to follow and heads for the counter area. The human staring at Arawn nods, "I am." but Arawn is not sure if that is answer to him being leader or that he is here to help or what. The human pulls his hand from his back and shows Arawn a strange leather looking strap of some kind. "This may help." Zhou joins Kiet and runs toward the outside area. Actions? Comments? Next Update....Friday... GM: We are almost done. Only 2 known Vong's are left. They are in the perch alcoves just above the pit area. Marked as @ on map at R3 and T47. At the very edge of the alcove at the ladder. Not much can be done quickly to help Farseeker due to distance. But if some think they need to help Raban they can. Will's Insub and Levitate spell will end in less than 10 seconds. The Concealing mist for Fremea will end in less than 2 minutes. If you have actions to do let me know. I'll try to go ahead and end the combat next update. Even if it takes a couple extra phases. Then we can clean up and gather the humans and see what needs to be done. So if want to plan ahead on that you guys can do that. Experience chart not updated yet but may do it in a day or two or jut wait till the final combat is done all together. GM: Combat Stats - Vong Fighter - Dead - 18 - Alive - 2 [2 Good] Vong Shaper - Dead - 4 - Alive - - Voxyen - Dead - 2 - Alive - - Vong Flyers - Dead - 9 - Alive - - Outcasts - Dead - 3 Humans - Dead - 1 - Alive - 10+ [Unsure on numbers] Players - Dead - - [Still trying] - Alive - 15 [8 wounded] Prisoners - Alive - 22 [Prisoner Area B] - Alive - 4 [Prisoner Area A] - Others- ?? GM: The Abyss Map - 1 Row = 6 feet 1 Column = 3 feet 1 2 3 4 5 12345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890 I--------------------------------------------------I I%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%I A I%%% B %%%%%%%%%%% +%%%%%%%%%%%%%I B I%%%%% %%%%%%%% ____ %%%%%%%%%I C I%%%%%% %%%%%%%+ / \ B [ C I D I%%%%%%% H __/ \___ [ I E I%%%%%%% _CL_/ \____ S %%%%%I F I %%%% _____/ \ +%%%%%I G I A %% / : %%%%%I H I / : %%%%%I I I%%%%% : : %%%%%%I J I%%%%+ : : + %%%%I K I%%%% K: : %%%%%I L I%%%% Z: The Pit of : %%%%%I M I%%%% U: : %%%%I N I%%%%W : bodies : %%%%I O I%%%% : : %%I P I%%% : : %%%%%I Q I%%@R : : +%%%%I R I%%% :___ ______: F%%%%%I S I%%%% \ ________/ @%%%I T I%%%%%% \___ / %%%%%%I U I%%%%% \_____/ %%%%%I V I%%%%%%%+ +%%% %%%%%I W I%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%I X I%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%I Y I--------------------------------------------------I 1 2 3 4 5 12345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890 Details: Pit: 50-60 feet deep in most places. Minor lichen allows some light from below. There are maybe 100-150 bodies. There are three times that in estimated body parts. @ - Perch like area, 20 feet off ground, possible wall ladder below A, B = Possible mini cave areas C = Possible doorway? '['= Door % = Rock wall, cave wall Ceiling = 60-80 feet above pit top. + = Torch B38, D18, G45, K5, K45, R46, W18, W39 Torches are about 15 wide light areas so about 3 rows or 6 columns V = Vong Warrior clearly with weapons, armor O = Vong outcast? No armor so must be them. S = Shaper females, gown so no full length armor H = Humans ` = Voxyen animals Each V,S,O, H is a single Vong or Human on the map Dead are removed off map for ease of reading. Vong Warrior V - D43 - #1 - Dead V - F45 - #2 - Dead V - E18 - #3 - Dead V - J43 - #4 - Dead V - I43 - #5 - Dead V - L7 - #6 - Dead V - M8 - #7 - Dead V - N8 - #8 - Dead V - M10 - #9 - Dead V - M8 - #10- Dead V - M8 - #11- Dead V - L7 - #12- Dead V - N11 - #13- Dead V - E19 - #14- Dead V - D39 - #15- Dead V - E39 - #16- Dead V - R4 - #17- Dead V - T48 - #18- Dead ? - 2 Vong in each perch Location (R3, T47] V - ??? - #?? - Unknown others Vong Shapers S - M6 - #1 - Dead S - I42 - #2 - Dead S - X10 - #3 - Dead S - E20 - #4 - Dead Voxyen + - K6 - #1 Dead + - - Dead Outcasts O - - #1 - Dead O - E18 - #2 - Dead O - F19 - #3 - Dead Humans [Sex/Age estimates] [3 off map now] H - - #1 [ Male c40s] - Dead H - - I8 [Fenale c20s] H - - #3 [ Male c20s] H - - #4 [ Male c30s] Player Positions A - Arawn [Area B] B - Ben'dar [D43] C - Caladan [F18] H - Chion [E10] F - Farseeker [S45] K - Kell [L8 ] E - Kiet [Area A] R - Raban [R5 ] S - Strie'bog [F43] U - Unali [N8 ] W - Will [O5 ] Insu/Lev Z - Z'leyra [M8 ] L - Lin [F19] O - Zhou [Area A] f - Fremea [M7 ] [Off Map, above ground, flying] -------Player Area B------------ 1 2 3 1234567890123456789012345678901 ############################### A #### % % % % ### ### B #### % % % % ### ### C<- Prisoner hold #### ### ### D #### * * * ####$$ ########## E #### #### ### F #### I I MM ### G <-foyer area #### I I A MM ### H ######################## ### J<-Entrance -------------------------------- 1 Row = 5 feet, 1 Column = 5 feet A - Arawn M - Prisoner, male # \ Rock wall % = Slightly artificial rock wall * = Embrace of pain or stock Humans = Not on map 5 in Left top section [cells] 2 in bottom left section [cells] 3 in embrace of pain 12 in top right holding areas Humans - 12 in Prisoner hold [8 male, 4 female] 7 in each cell [5 male, 2 female] 3 in Embrace of Pain [2 male, 1 female] -------Player Area A------------ 1 2 3 1234567890123456789012345678901 ############################### A ### ### ### B ### ### #### C ### ### ### D ### Cell ### E ### A ### F ### ### G ### ### H ###---######### I ### K ###### J Z - Zhou ### Z ###### K K - Kiet ### ### L ######---######--#######--##### M ### ### ### ### N ### B ### C ### D ### O ### ### ### ### P ############################### Q -------------------------------- 1 Row = 5 feet, 1 Column = 5 feet Area A - 12 Adu;lts Area D - 1 Adult female, 4 children Area C - to be revealed, Kiet knows Area B - 3 teen females Other Areas not defined yet